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Corp Fin Adds Three CFIs on Shareholder Engagement and Schedule 13G Eligibility
On September 2, 2026, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance published three new Corporation Finance Interpretations (CFIs) clarifying when a shareholder’s engagement with an issuer will not disqualify the shareholder from reporting beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule…
SEC Announces 37% Decrease in Registration Fee Rates Effective October 1, 2026
On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a decrease in the fees that public companies and other issuers will be required to pay to register their securities, from $138.10 per million dollars to $87.00 per…
CalPrivacy Authorizes Rulemaking on Opt-Out Signals, Raises Data Broker Fees, and Starts the Clock on DROP Amendment Comment Period
At its August 6–7, 2026, board meetings, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) Board directed staff to prepare formal rulemaking to name Global Privacy Control (GPC) in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations and tighten how opt-out preference signals…
Ninth Circuit Addresses CFAA and Agentic AI Tools in Groundbreaking Decision
On August 4, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a groundbreaking decision in Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Perplexity AI, addressing the legal status of so-called “agentic AI” tools, which help users expedite various online…
EU AI Act Enforcement Phase Begins
On August 2, 2026, the European Commission (EC), acting through its European AI Office (EU AI Office), became formally entitled to exercise its powers to investigate and enforce the EU AI Act obligations imposed on providers of general-purpose artificial intelligence…
Status of California Climate Laws: Deadline for SB 253 Reporting Delayed Until November; SB 261 Remains Stayed
Our recent Client Alert provides an update on the status of California’s climate disclosure laws including the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) plan to defer the SB 253 deadline for reporting Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions from…
ISS Announces Launch of 2026 Annual Global Benchmark Policy Survey
On July 21, 2026, ISS STOXX Governance (ISS) announced the launch of its 2026 Annual Global Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2027 and beyond. For the U.S. market, the survey solicits views…
SEC Proposes Regulation E-Delivery: What This Could Mean for Delivery of Your Proxy Materials
On July 16, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) proposed Regulation E-Delivery (Reg E-Delivery), a new framework that would permit issuers and market intermediaries to deliver required disclosures and reports electronically as the default…
Illinois Enacts AI Safety and Transparency Law for Frontier AI Developers
On July 6, 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (AISMA), which will require large AI developers to publicly disclose how they plan to mitigate potentially “catastrophic risks” posed…